28 July 2016

The Nacra 17 Europeans in Thessaloniki (Greece) are canceled beacuse of too few entries.

11 July 2016

On behalf of the Interim President Kenneth van Dam and our new President Marcus Spillane I want to inform you about the election:

The results of the election for President of the International Nacra 17 Class Association are in. 76 individual votes were cast with 95% voting in favor of Marcus Spillane. Since this is more than 50% of the total number of available votes we can declare Marcus as the new president. Marcus will take over officially as the President of the Class on July 11, 2016.

12 June 2016

23 April 2016

We received a notice from World Sailing (Jason Smithwick):

“We are all receiving a lot of continued pressure from the Nacra17 equipment and in particular team repairs. World Sailing now request that Class Rule D.2 is enforced at all events such that any significant repairs beyond that permitted in Section C are accompanied by written approval from Nacra Sailing. If there is not such approval then the boat should be rejected.

Hyeres should be used to notify the sailors of the future strict enforcement and rule D.2 shall be strictly adhered to in Weymouth Sailing World Cup and in Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Regatta and then subsequent regattas.”

23 April 2016

1 April 2016

A notice from Nacra Sailing (factory) to all Nacra 17 customers:

We (Nacra Sailing) have received several reports of gelcoat cracks around the dagger board case on new delivered boats. We (Nacra Sailing) have made a document (please download here daggerboard case cracks ) for you to understand more on the cause of these cracks.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us (Nacra Sailing).

Kind regards,

Nacra Sailing

12 March 2016

As noticed earlier (11 February) during The Princess Sofia Cup a Nacra17 Class meeting will be held on : Saturday evening 26 March, at 18.00 hours in Hotel El Cid (close to the venue). Agenda:

Update governance

Update Class Rules

Update Request for proposal by ISAF Nacra17 Foiling Configuration

Update Calendar 2017

Any other business

3 March 2016

World Sailing undertake full review of the Sailing World Cup (by Andy Hunt, CEO World Sailing)

At the February 2016 meeting of the World Sailing Executive Committee in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it was agreed that a strategic review would be undertaken of the Sailing World Cup from 2017-2020 in order to ensure that the event series remains the best possible showcase for the sport on the journey to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The review will be concluded and proposals presented at the World Sailing mid-year meeting in Lausanne in May 2016.

The comprehensive review will include considering continental representation, calendar and venues, events, sailor quotas, ranking points, Para World Sailing and the role of known and future Olympic venues within the calendar. Sailors will continue to be placed at the heart of the Sailing World Cup, ensuring it is attractive to athletes, commercial partners and the media.

It was agreed that any existing World Sailing contracts with Sailing World Cup Organising Authorities for 2016 would be honoured.

World Sailing Chief Executive, Andy Hunt, and World Sailing President, Carlo Croce, met with Abu Dhabi organisers at the end of February. Following the World Sailing Executive Committee decision in November 2015 to host the 2016 World Sailing Annual Conference in Europe rather than Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority took the decision to withdraw their financial support of the 2016 Sailing World Cup Final and future editions of the event.

World Sailing will seek a venue partner for the 2016 Sailing World Cup Final and contractual discussions are ongoing with an alternative venue. World Sailing expect to confirm dates for events in the final quarter of 2016 by the end of March.

1 March 2016

For your support and service the Nacra support truck shall be present at 2 upcoming events:

Princess Sophia Cup, Mallorca

Arrival: 25 march 2016

Departure: 01 April 2016

ISAF Sailing World Cup, Hyeres

Arrival: 23 April 2016

Departure: 27 April 2016

The van will be loaded with parts needed to keep you sailing, for big orders or early delivery please contact your dealer or parts@nacrasailing.com

In between Mallorca and Hyeres, the truck will stay in Spain. Orders can be placed and delivered in Hyeres by the truck or for early delivery please contact your dealer or parts@nacrasaling.com

29 Februari 2016

The registration for the Sailing World Cup Hyeres and Weymouth is now open for all sailors:

11 Februari 2016

Because of family circumstances Edwin had to leave Clearwater during in the first weekend and fly back to home. The planned Class Meeting in Clearwater is deferred to the Princess Sofia Cup in Mallorca.

16 January 2016

5 January 2016

Nacra 17 dagger board tip measurement in Clearwater and Rio

Following requests from most teams, it has been the technical committees and World Sailing’s intention to review a class rule for max and min tip measurement for the World Championships in Clearwater which will also been used in Rio 2016. It has not been possible to come up with an accurate set of numbers that we all feel happy to use in Clearwater and Rio, therefore no specific rule change has been made. Depending on entry numbers and resources in Clearwater, we will check as many boats as possible for at least tip measurement and if we have time, will also check cant numbers. Even though it has not been made a class rule, we hope all teams will feel that checking tip measurements is worth doing as it does show if the boat has been altered in a significant way. All boats will be checked in Rio 2016 for both tip and cant. Any boat that the inspector feels that the numbers found are a distance from the average, then additional checks may be carried out for compliance with the class rules. This may mean asking for the boat to be dismantled and the beams removed for closer inspection of the beam packing, and if a boat shows numbers that are very far from the average numbers, the team may be asked to open a small hole near the board case area at deck level, to allow entry using an endoscope camera to ensure that the case has not been modified in any way. This request will only be made in extreme circumstances and it will be the responsibility of the team to carry out any repairs required whatever the outcome of the investigation.

Nacra 17 Technical Committee

21 December

During the Nacra17 Worlds in Clearwater a Class Meeting will be organized. Date, location and agenda will be published a.s.a.p.

19 December

Nations qualified for the 2016 Olympics as of December 2015. Because in Melbourne no new country form Oceania has qualified, now USA is qualified based on results in Aarhus (Class World Championship 2015).

10 October

2 October

Unfortunately due to lack of entries the Nacra17 event in Abu Dhabi during SWC Final is cancelled. Until last Tuesday it was not sure ISAF could arrange the boattransport and invitations were send by ISAF after Tuesday. For most of the teams it was difficult to accept the invitations at such a short notice. Next year we hope the invitation process will start earlier to be sure Nacra17s will be in Abu Dhabi during the SWC Final!

1 October

ISAF is inviting sailors to take part in the Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi. Because of problems with organizing the boattransport from Barcelona to Abu Dhabi the invitations were send only in recent days. ISAF apologizes for this late action and has now settled for you free boat transport (free of charge) from Barcelona to Abu Dhabi and back. All invited sailors are strongly requested to respons to ISAF a.s.a.p. See the list of invited sailors on: http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/entrylist.php

23 September: new productive update report Nacra17

14 September: Nacra factory support truck will come to Barcelona

Today the Nacra factory decided to come to Barcelona with the the service truck to give all sailors technical support during the Europeans. We (the class) are very happy the Nacra support truck will be in Barcelona!

14 September: what happens with the mast

5 September: Nacra factory support truck not in Barcelona

Unfortunately the Nacra Support truck will not be in Barcelona during the Nacra17 Europeans. If you need any spareparts please order them via your Nacra dealer or the factory in The Hague and the parts will be send to you.

31 August: Notice regarding spinnaker chute mouth

AS FROM THE 1ST SEPTEMBER, THE SPINNAKER CHUTE MOUTH MUST BE ATTACHED USING ALL THREE BOLTS IN ITS ORIGINAL POSITION TO COMPLY WITH THE CLASS RULES. THE TRAMPOLINE CAN BE MODIFIED TO THE SPECIFICATION AS NOW PROVIDED BY NACRA TO INCREASE THE SPINNAKER RETRIEVAL LINE HOLE TO AN OVAL AND FIT A BLOCK TO REDUCE FRICTION WITH THE CHUTE RUNNING UNDER THE FRONT BEAM. FOR INFORMATION ON THIS MODIFICATION PLEASE LOOK ON THE CLASS WEB SITE OR CONTACT NACRA FOR DETAILS. CHRIS HENDERSON CLASS IM.

12 May: Announcement number of qualification spots available at Delta Lloyd Regatta

18 April 2015 : Spareparts in Rio

During last months the Nacra17 Class Association and Nacra Sailing International and Performance Sails worked together to create the possibility to get Nacra17 spare parts in Rio at the sailing venue during the Test Event and the Olympics. Unfortunately this is not possible because the Nacra17 is not a supplied boat and only the dealers/factories of supplied boats are allowed to stay at the venue. The local dealer in Rio will have some spareparts, but take care because of the high custom and tax fee in Brazil those spare parts are more expensive than in other countries.

On behalf of the Nacra17 Class Association and the Nacra factory we all want to advise you to bring your own spareparts to Rio. We feel very sorry about this, but really tried everything to be at the venue with the Nacra17 service and spare parts.

23 March 2015 – Check who already qualified to participate the ISAF World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi
After Melbourne and Miami some sailors already qualified to participate the ISAF World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi: check the list here.

23 March 2015 – Invitation process ISAF World Cup Hyeres
Directly after the Princes Sofia Cup in Mallorca, ISAF will start the invitation process for the 10 open places. Check the invitation process here.

21 March 2015 – payment class membership fee
Class manager Edwin Lodder will be in Mallorca from Friday 27 March – Monday 30 March, where you can pay the membership fee € 25,- in cash to Edwin.

16 March 2015 – Annual Year Class Meeting 2015The Annual Year Class Meeting 2015 will be organized during the Nacra17 Worlds in Aarhus.

16 May 2014 – Nacra 17 Europeans
A large majority of the country representatives have chosen to organise the Nacra17 Europeans 2015 in Barcelona at the end of September 2015.

16 May 2014 – Nacra17 Worlds 2016 in Clearwater
A large majority of country representatives have chosen Clearwater to organize the Nacra17 Worlds in February 2016. We look forwards to see you all in Clearwater!